OSU beats Utah in Pac-12 Opener
OSU release – CORVALLIS, Ore. – No. 19 Oregon State opened up league play at home by dispatching 10th-ranked Utah by a 21-7 score on Friday night. DJ Uiagalelei connected on 14-of-25 passes with 205 yards through the air and a score, while Adrian Chiles went 1-for-1 for 23 yards. Silas Bolden led the receiving corps with 100 yards on six catches and a score. Jesiah Irish hauled in three catches for 62 yards. Damien Martinez’s 65 yards on the ground paced the rushing attack. The Beaver defense held the Utes to just 198 yards, well short of their season average (322.5) to take control of the contest. Easton Mascarenas-Arnold led the unit with 9.0 total tackles (5.0 solo), a sack and an interception. Andrew Chatfield Jr. followed with 6.0 total stops with 4.0 solo ones and a sack. Oregon State (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12) got on the board on their first drive of the game when Martinez punched it over the goal line from four yards out that took nearly five-and-a-half minutes of the clock. The Beaver lead doubled when Bolden hauled in a 27-yard pass from Uiagalelei in the early stages of the second half. Bolden dashed 45 yards to the endzone for the final OSU score of the contest. A late Utah touchdown got the visitors on the board to avoid the shutout. The win was the third against ranked opposition in the Jonathan Smith era and marked the seventh consecutive at Reser Stadium. The Beavers will be back in action next week at California. Action from Berkeley will start at 7 p.m. and can be seen on the Pac-12 Networks.
Ducks Leave Cardinal in Their Wake
After a slow start Saturday, No. 9 Oregon got rolling and won 42-6 to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2013. UO release – STANFORD, Calif. — All season long, Dan Lanning has exhorted his Ducks to battle for a full 60 minutes, or as long as it takes. Anybody who counted out Oregon after 15 minutes Saturday at Stanford didn’t know how seriously the UO football team takes that message from the head coach. A game that was one-sided through two possessions for each team ultimately ended up one-sided in the other direction, as No. 9 Oregon overcame a slow start to beat the Cardinal at Stanford Stadium, 42-6. The Ducks trailed 6-0 early in the second quarter and had only 13 yards on six plays, but by the end of the day Oregon had over 500 yards of offense and held an opponent to 10 or fewer points for the fourth time in five games. The Ducks are off to a 5-0 start for the first time since 2013, and now have a week without a game before playing at Washington on Oct. 14. Oregon will enter its bye week allowing 11.8 points per game — that would tie for 10th nationally based on scoring averages entering the day Saturday — and the Ducks have opened Pac-12 play with consecutive wins by identical scores of 42-6. “We started off a little slow,” Lanning said. “But we kicked it into gear.” The surging UO defense held Stanford to less than three yards per play after falling behind 6-0, and the Ducks had five more sacks to give them 18 this season — matching their total from all of last year. Offensively, Bo Nix continued to burnish his Heisman Trophy credentials with another efficient effort, as the Ducks threw for 298 yards and ran for 208 in another balanced effort. Bucky Irving also scored in the first half, highlighting a day on which he ran 13 times for 88 yards. Nix had all four of his touchdown passes in the second half — one to Terrance Ferguson, two to Franklin and the last to Traeshon Holden in the fourth quarter. Nix finished the day 27-of-32 for 290 yards and four TDs. That was more than enough offense to support a UO defense that is making big strides, not only year over year but week over week this season. Steve Stephens IV had eight tackles to lead Oregon defensively Saturday, and Evan Williams had seven tackles including a sack. After allowing 97 yards on 28 plays as Stanford opened the game with two field-goal drives, the Ducks allowed just 125 yards on 42 plays the rest of the way; total yardage after the first quarter was 500 for Oregon, 120 for Stanford. Now, the Ducks have a week off before heading to Seattle. A year ago, the Huskies ended Oregon’s eight-game win streak and College Football Playoff hopes. The rematch is looking like a meeting of top-10 teams, for the chance to take control of the Pac-12 title race.
Pac-12 vb
Oregon’s volleyball team got a Pac-12 split over the weekend. The Ducks beat Washington 3-1 Friday at Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, but fell to Washington State on Sunday 3-1. The Ducks (3-1, 13-2) play at Colorado, Friday, Oct. 6, 6 pm., Pac-12 Oregon. Oregon State lost to WSU Thursday, 3-0 at Gill Coliseum, Corvallis. On Sunday, Washington beat the Beavers 3-1. OSU (0-4, 5-9) is at Utah, Friday, Oct. 6, 6 p.m., Pac-12 Networks.
Pac-12 sc
Oregon’s women lost to visiting Utah 4-2 in a Pac-12 women’s soccer match at Eugene Sunday. The Ducks (0-3, 0-9-2) play at USC Thursday, Oct. 5, 3 p.m., Pac-12 Networks. Oregon State’s women lost 2-1 to visiting Colorado Sunday at Corvallis. The Beavers (0-2-1, 3-4-4) are scheduled to play at UCLA, Thursday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Networks. Oregon State’s men beat Washington 2-0 Saturday at Seattle, WA. Oregon State (2-0-2, 5-3-1) hosts UCLA Thursday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m., Corvallis, Pac-12 Oregon.
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